The Ottawa free trader., 1887-10-15
Current Events.

eI,OOOOOO to 35,OOO,OOO during Queen Vic
tOria's reign, the population of ireland
had decreased from 100000 TO 5,OOO,OOO
Mr.. O'Counor predicted that during the
coming months there would he evictions
and that hundreds, and perhaps thousands
and not unlikely himself among them
would be cast into prison. But In 'he emu
he predicted victory, He concluded In
the following hopeful manner; 1--WE are on
the eve of great triumph. The Tories
themselves admit now in private that
Home Rule is only question of time. !
congratulate you Ms my country men on the
improved and hopeful condition OF the
people At home, and congratulate the pe0-
Die M home that rs In Ireland all are uni
ted. 80 YOU are united here We are the
messengers of hope from Ireland, and that
nope Is based on the union OF our people.
The rainbow of national hope hangs In
Ireland's sky today" Meantime meetings
of the National League, open and secret,
continue TO he held 10 Ireland, not~ith
standing the Governments order OF probi
bition. Evictions also continue
The Presidential party spent Sunday AZ
Madison, Wis, and then went To 81. faui
and Minneapolis, where receptions with
all the accessories We're given. On the
Journey southwest u short stop between
and a m. was made at Sioux City. Oma-
Ia, Council Bluffs and ST. joseph were
next visited. The next stopping place he.
ing Kansas City where the president laiC
the foundation stone OF the new building
that is being erected by the Young Mems
Christian association. In the afternoon
public reception was held at the custom.
house, where some fifteen or twenty thou
sand people passed before :he president
and his wife four abreast. There was no
attempt NJ hand shaking. In the evening,
after witnessing a pageast in their honor,
the presidential party lest for Memphis.
The Industrial Reform Party held ma.
tional convention" at Springfield on Thurs
day last Preparations had been made In
the Senate chamber for six hundred peo'
pie, but at no time during the day did more
than fifteen delegates put in an appear
ance, chief among them being the well
known Belva Lockwood The resolution
mll WAS set to work 10 grind out batch
Resolutions favOriug woman suffrage,
homesteads for all, paying the United
States bonds at par, abolishing lmgrison-
ment for debt, making the English Ian
guage universal, making all offices elective
and requiring holders 10 have certificates
Of good moral character, requiring every
one to work physically to require the gov
ernment TO provide homes for poor people,
tax the lands, improve the stock is the hui
man family by prohibiting from marrying
those who cannot pass An examination Tor
life insurance, TO abolish prayer and w0r-
ship and the teaching of the Immortality
of the soul, 20 uphold all existing laws,
abolshing all banks of issue and tor ali
laws for the collection of debts, making
two legal holidays iD week and tive hours
legal days work, prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale Of intoXicat ng liquors, TO
encourage invention by Offering 100000
for each new invention, full legal tender
currency sufficient To meet the demands Of
the country, the railroads and telegraphs
to be under the control of the government,
prohibiting convict and cody labor, the
public lands for the use of the actual set
tiers all public servants TO be elected by
direct vote Of the people, u dispossess al.
lens Of their lands unless thew signify
their intention 70 become citizens within
ninety days, and score or more Of other
brilliant ideas we're proposed for the con-
sideration Of the committee!
The chapter OF accidents received two
fearful additions TO Its list of horrors this
week Tne first was railway smash up
on Monday night on the Chicago and At
lantic railway at Kouts, Ind, where a
freight ran Into the rear OF passenger
coach, killing 9 or 10 persons and wounding
many more. The passenger had been dis
a6led by a broken engine, and had stopped
for repairs. The proper signals semaphOre
had been given and the freight engineer
knew what WAS ahead. Yet nevertheless
he rushed on at the rate of 25 miles an
hour through a fog, and when too late
saw his danger, reversed his engine and
called down brakes. However, there being
no sand In his box the wheels Of the
freight slid on the wet rails into the pass
enger. The wreck then took fire, adding
10 the horror of the situation.
On Wednesday night during The weekly
services at the chapel at the Cleveland, o.,
insane asylum, a fire broke out In the lam.
dry. A high wind prevailing the building
was soon In flames. There were $50 In.
mates. Seven are known 10 be dead
three are In dangerous condition and two
are missing.
The New York health authorities report
that the cholera infection on the Italian
steamship In the lower bay has been de-
stroyed, and that there Is no cause for any
further apprehension.
A Territorial Convention Of Utah, In SEES
sion at Salt Lake City, has framed a con
stitution and memorial 70 Congress ask
Ing to be admitted into the Union rs a
state. The convention was composed of
Mormons
The anthracite coal-shlppers association
of Chicago, decided on Thursday to ad.
vance the prices of hard coal 25 cents per
ton at wholesale. The coal exchange,
which met yesterday, probably followed
suit, by advancing prices to consumers, so
as to make good the advance of the ship
pers. 1t Is hinted that an attempt would
be made TO rsiss the prices 81 a ton, and
the end Is not yet.
A mysterious cattle disease has appeared
near TOlono, which has killed off many
critters. II was at first pronounced black.
leg, but Is not. Prominent stockmen think
the disorder results from the water famine,
which was particularly severe In that local.
ity, and also from feeding green corn, which
this year Is badly mixed with smut.
Tho ,nrn m iffaa IN ~ pitat Stnck othar